“Go in good health, Pio Pio. New York already loves you. It shouldn’t matter much if I get it or not,” says Gael Greene. [Insatiable Critic]

Golden Palace in Flushing is one of only two restaurants offering the cuisine of Shandong, says Robert Sietsema. “But the minute the free bowls of spicy pickled daikon and oiled bean sprouts hit the table ... you know you’re in for a culinary treat of major proportions.“ [VV]